#wright brothers

If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur. ↗

— Robert Crandall

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The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. ↗

— Charles Kettering

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The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. ↗

— Dorothea Brande

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Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

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